“Gamers who made Steam purchases of Helldivers 2 at the moment are, months after the very fact, being instructed by Sony that their video games might be ineffective except linked to a PSN account,” writes longtime Slashdot reader Baron_Yam. From a report: Writer Sony Interactive Leisure introduced as we speak that Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam will quickly be required to hyperlink their in-game profiles to a PlayStation Community account — a function that was non-compulsory at launch resulting from “technical points” — or danger dropping entry to the sport. SIE defined that account linking permits gamers to benefit from “security and safety” offered by PlayStation, as it will probably extra simply defend people from “griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of gamers that have interaction in that sort of conduct.”
Many Steam gamers have not responded properly to the information. As of the time of writing, over 2,500 unfavorable person evaluations have been submitted to the sport’s storefront web page as we speak, blemishing an in any other case spotless “Very Constructive” score. Some evaluations cite knowledge harvesting and safety considerations as potential worries. Others level to the truth that Sony waited months after launch to make account linking obligatory. How this impacts gamers in areas that do not have entry to the PlayStation Community is a much bigger concern, although. Within the Helldivers 2 Discord, neighborhood supervisor Thomas ‘Twinbeard’ Petersson mentioned they are not but positive what these rule adjustments meant for gamers in areas with out PSN entry, which could possibly be one other issue contributing to the unfavorable downturn.
